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28/6/2015 at 11:40am
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I've been to Glastonbury quite a few times, but the last time was 1987!
I hate to sound old fartish, but back then you drove into a field and parked your car by where you wanted to camp, which meant if there were a few of you, you could have a decent amount of space.
You could have a fire, take your own food and drink rather than pay exorbitant prices at the food concessions, didn't have to restrict yourself to the amount of kit you can lug from a car park miles away and have a relatively civilised time of it (except for the shower and toilet facilities). I recall seeing many a sunrise while sitting round the embers of the fire, wine or beer in hand, and wondering whether or not to cook our breakfast before we went to bed.
The sight of those camping fields terrifies me now, they're crammed in so close they're practically touching. Every time I see pics of it, I think "What if there was a fire?" It would be an inferno in seconds. If it happened early in the morning when everyone's sleeping it off, it would be carnage.
I'd only go to a big festival now if I had a camper van, I think.
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03/7/2015 at 3:18pm
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I'm 55 and went for the first time in 2011 and I've been every year it has been on ever since. I work on the Recycling Crew, who clear the site each morning of the rubbish left behind. It's hard work and on one day I walked over 17 miles. Averaged 10 miles a day over the whole festival. You can still take your own booze and food, so no need to buy from the concessions, but that said the food there is amazing. This year they introduced "meal deals" where you could get a meal and a drink for £5 - typical prices are £7 for a mains. We also had an amazing Sunday lunch, with Roast Beef, Yorkshire Pud, Roast Potatoes, Carrots, Greens & Red Cabbage cooked by a guy who won the Observer's Best Sunday Lunch Award in 2014 for just £12. The loos are fine, lots of compost toilets this year, which don't smell and as I work I have access to showers And finally the music is just a small part of the whole festival, there is comedy, theatre, poetry, circus, street theatre, amazing nightlife. It's just a wonderful place.
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